This was a fun one. Harry is a single mom living in the Chicago area with her teenage son, Gabe. After the pandemic shut down the restaurant where she worked, she felt lucky to land a job cleaning house for Javier Castillo. Castillo is a horror movie director and has a house full of memorabilia and props, including a rather creepy costume from one of his movies that seems to move on its own. Harry is about to be evicted from her apartment (the landlord sold it to a developer) and is panicking about finding a new place she can afford.
Harry is a really good mom. She doesn't want to worry Gabe and she sacrifices everything to make his life better. Which is why she reluctantly accepts Castillo's offer for her and Gabe to move into his big house temporarily.
Castillo has a dark backstory: his son was wanted for questioning in a young lady's murder, and he disappeared, along with Castillo's wife. Castillo fled L.A. and moved to Chicago. Harry is convinced the house is haunted. The pacing on this book was super slow until almost the very end, but other than that I enjoyed it.
It seems like no one is immune from Cancel Culture. A seemingly minor mistake made decades earlier as a teen can come back and destroy your life. It's a scary thought. I wish there were better solutions then just "raise your kids not to run to adults to fix everything" and "wait it out". I have no solutions, but I'm holding out hope someone does.
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